Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

<em>Prolesophanta occlusa</em>, dorsal view.
Diamater of shell: 2.5 mm

Prolesophanta occlusa, dorsal view. Diamater of shell: 2.5 mm

<em>Prolesophanta occlusa</em>, ventral view.

Prolesophanta occlusa, ventral view.

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Species Prolesophanta occlusa Shea & Griffiths, 2010

Miniscule Carnivorous Snail


Compiler and date details

October 2012 - Dr John Stanisic

 

Introduction

Prolesophanta occlusa is the smallest rhytidid in eastern Australia and is distinguished among family sympaters by the lack of an umbilicus. It is a comparatively rare species based on existing records and is a scavenging carnivore, apparently feeding on dead invertebrates.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales


Extra Distribution Information

Great Dividing Range from Mt Wilson, Blue Mtns to Narooma, SE NSW

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW: Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Rainforest.

Extra Ecological Information

Collected from leaf litter samples

 

Diagnosis

Shell minute, pale and glassy with dark reddish-brown radial streaks, discoidal, last whorl large and flared; protoconch smooth, teleoconch sculpture of pronounced, low, broad radial ridges; umbilicus absent; diameter 2.5mm.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
17-Apr-2012 ADDED